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    1432-4
    Philosophical Issues in Teaching
    INTERSESSION
    198
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    INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Tasos Kazepides
    Tuesdays, Thursdays,
    5:30 - 9:20 ?
    LOCATION:
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    On Campus
    This course examines the various dimensions of teaching, some of the main
    approaches or methods of teaching, and several important issues that are
    encountered by every classroom teacher.
    COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
    a) A short oral presentation in class.
    b)
    A follow-up final paper of about
    15
    typewritten double-spaced pages on
    a topic approved by the instructor. The paper is due one week before
    the last day of classes. Students may choose to write 2 or
    3
    shorter
    papers.
    COURSE OUTLINE:
    1. The nature and value of philosophizing about teaching.
    II. The concept of teaching.
    I I I. The concept of learning.
    IV. The objectives of teaching
    a)
    Developing Capacities
    b) Imparting Information
    c)
    Cultivating Habits
    d)
    Cultivating Imagination
    e)
    Developing Critical Thinking
    f) Developing Understanding
    V. Educative and Miseducative Teaching
    a) Educating
    b) Socializing
    c)
    Indoctrinating
    d)
    Conditioning
    VI. Approaches to Teaching
    a)
    Teaching as Facilitating Learning
    b) The Values Clarification Approach
    c)
    Self-Education
    d)
    Creativity and Teaching
    VII. The Social Dimensions of Teaching
    a)
    Personal Relations in Teaching
    b) Freedom and Authority in the Classroom
    c)
    Discipline and Punishment in the Classroom
    d) Rights ?
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    REQUIRED TEXTS:
    a)
    John Passmore, The Philosophy of Teaching. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
    University Press,
    1980.
    b)
    John Chambers, The Achievement of Education. New York: Harper & Row,
    Published,
    1983.
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    LIBRARY RESERVE READINGS
    Educ. 432-4 ?
    Philosophical Issues in Teaching
    Educ. 821-5 ?
    Philosphical Issues In Classroom Practices
    (48 hours)
    1.
    Chambers, J.H.,, The Achievement of Education., New York: Harper & Row
    Publishers, 1983.
    2.
    Lloyd, D.I.(ed.), Philosophy and the Teacher., London: RKP, 1976.
    3.
    Dearden, R.F., The Philosophy of Primary Education., London: R.K.P., 1968.
    4.
    Dearden, R.F., Problems in Primary Education., London: R.K.P., 1976.
    5.
    Barrow, R. and Woods, R., An Introduction to Philosophy and Education
    (2nd Ed)., London: Methuen, 1975/1982.
    6.
    Passmore, J. The Philosophy of Teaching., Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Univ.
    Press, 1980.
    7.
    Hirst, P.H. and Peters, R.S., The Logic of Education., London: R.K.P., 1970.
    8.
    Snook, I. Concepts of Indoctrination., London: R.K.P., 1972.
    9.
    MacMillan, C.J.B. and Nelson, T.W. (eds), Concepts of Teaching., Chicago:
    Rand McNally & Co., 1968.
    10.
    Scheffler, I., Reason and Teaching., New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1973.
    11.
    Wilson, J., Philosophy and Practical Education., London: R.K.P., 1977.
    12.
    McClellan, James, Philosophy of Education., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-
    Hall, 1976.

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